Today, we’re reading Olivia Laing’s “Riot Grrrl: When Teen Sisters Were Doing it for Themselves” from The Guardian. As you discuss in your small groups, please consider the following questions: What does the cultural context of the early 1990s tell us about riot grrl zine culture? How does the spirit of DIY-culture inform feminism? Check out… Read More Laing Riot Grrrls
This week we’re starting out with a foundational theorist in feminism, Sandra Harding. We’re reading a selection from her book, Feminism and Methodology. As you read, consider the following discussion questions: Harding identifies three methods of gathering evidence. She then notes “precisely how they carry out these methods of evidence gathering is often strikingly different.”… Read More Harding Feminist Methodology
Today, we’re watching Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TEDTalk “We Should All Be Feminists.” As you watch, consider taking notes to help you participate in discussion and answer the following questions. Do you call yourself a feminist? Why or why not? Does the culture you grew up in have different expectations for boys and girls? At what… Read More Let’s All Be Feminists
Despite my love of sleeping in on weekends, I woke up early Saturday morning, made myself some coffee, and met up with some friends to attend the Memphis Women’s March. I’ve read a fair amount of news talking about the futility of demonstrations, but I want to push against this idea. For example, I expected the… Read More I Marched
A provost asked me if professional writing students actually get jobs. When I paused to consider how to best answer her question, she asked, “Don’t you know the answer?” This weekend a student asked me if I like her research question and I thought, “Why are you asking me?” When I encouraged a student to… Read More Impostor Syndrome Lives
Recently, I’ve posted a lot about how social media shames people. In class, my students mentioned that social media creates and perpetuates drama – sometimes in really poisonous ways. In fact, one student is writing her Multimodal Advocacy Project about cyber bulling. And yet, I see ways in which social media and collaborative writing spaces… Read More What reddit Does Right
This week a friend of mine posted about her experience on a dating website. In doing so, she posted screenshots of her interactions with an extremely crude individual on Facebook. She is not alone; see the Instagram account, Bye Felipe. After posting the screenshots, one friend called the guy a “Douche.” My friend responded thusly, “Yeah. It’s a… Read More Social Media Pillory
It’s crazy coming back from a Conference on College Composition and Communication and trying to readjust to the real world. While at C’s, I had the privilege of working at the Feminist Workshop and meeting with women at the Women and Working Conditions Special Interest Group. Women from all over the country in a variety of academic positions… Read More Online Violence against Women
Alison A. Lukowski 